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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

<08:00:23> Now Tropical paradise devastated. Vanuatu's president tells how the cyclone has set his country back years.

Russia's president ends days of speculation making his first public appearance since the beginning of March.

And, equal parts movie festival, art gallery and tech conventions: I'll take you inside South by Southwest.

And we begin this hour in Vanuatu. And the president says the destruction there is the worst this country has ever seen. He is making an

urgent appeal for international aid. The death toll has risen to at least 11 after Tropical Cyclone Pam ripped through the archipelago of 80 islands

on Friday and Saturday. And we still don't know the full scale of the damage, because most communication lines are down.

Now in Vanuatu's capital alone, thousands of residents are now homeless. Clean water and proper sanitation are major concerns. Now

senior international correspondent Ivan Watson has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

IVAN WATON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It takes a view like this to give you a sense of the sheer power of the wind of Cyclone Pam when

she ripped through here on Friday night tearing trees in half and damaging nearly every building in this area. Some houses were quite simply

flattened.

Fortunately, residents tell me, nobody in this neighborhood was hurt in this terrible storm, and that's due in large part to training and

preparation.

Where was everybody on the night of the storm?

THOMAS NANGOF, CHAIRMAN, COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMITTEE: Everybody was inside the evacuation center.

WATSON: This church right here?

NANGOF: This church, yes.

WATSON: And that was part of a plan.

NANGOF: Of course, that was part of the plan, which we (inaudible) and the (inaudible) the main evacuation center (inaudible).

WATSON: Do you think that saved lives?

NANGOF: Of course it did.

WATSON: The church is still serving as a temporary shelter for dozens of people from this community. There is still no electricity three days

after the storm, there's still no running water, and untold thousands and thousands of people made homeless. And a bigger problem is nobody really

knows the extent of the damage or the potential loss of life on dozens of other islands of Vanuatu, one of the poorest countries in the Pacific.

Ivan Watson, CNN, in Port Vila in Vanuatu.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now earlier, I spoke with Vanuatu's president Baldwin Lonsdale about the country's recovery efforts. And he described the storm

as a monster and says it will take years for the country to rebuild.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BALDWIN LONSDALE, PRESIDENT OF VANUATU: It is quite a setback for the whole nation as we have (inaudible) so far, we have made all the efforts to

develop the infrastructure. But all of a sudden, this cyclone, the monster -- which I use to term it -- come in and destroyed all of the efforts that

the government of the people of Vanuatu have made so far. And it will take a couple of years before we can become up to where we were before.

LU STOUT: Do you need significant international aid not just to deal with the immediate humanitarian need on the ground in the wake of this

disaster, but to get your country back on the economic development track.

LONSDALE: As from today, we have received so far many promises for humanitarian assistance and needs. Already, there's some (inaudible). We

have the (inaudible) government of New Zealand and France. They are the only country at the moment doing some clearing and doing some repair works

or whatever the tasks happen (ph).

And due to the extent of the damage, we will still have to have the full reports of the whole country whether the cost -- the extent of the

damage to other islands.

But at the moment, we need humanitarian certain needs and assistance regarding houses that have been destroyed, completely wiped out, the losing

of properties in the homes. So we need tarpaulins and medical (inaudible) supplies, tools, water containers, anything to do with the human --

humanitarian needs at the moment that we need them in the country.

<08:05:19>LU STOUT: You have suggested that climate change is behind this destructive storm. So what, if anything, can reduce the impact of

climate change?

LONSDALE: Yes, it is in fact contributes to the whole devastation of the country at the moment. In actual fact, before we left Vanuatu, we

received this warning about cyclone, but we didn't expect that it was going to be a huge -- lots of damage to the country and I'm very sad about this.

LU STOUT: You have described Vanuatu as your paradise country. After this catastrophic event, what has happened to your paradise?

LONSDALE: Yes, Vanuatu is a paradise. It's -- the nation for many tourists and visitors of Vanuatu, the wonderful paradise that we have

built. But I promise you that we will build a new paradise in Vanuatu.

LU STOUT: And for you, you have been in Japan for a UN disaster reduction conference. How difficult has it been for you to lead your

nation and to manage this crisis, especially at a time when communications have been down. You haven't been able to get in touch with your own

family.

LONSDALE: Yes. It's very emotional for me, especially, but we haven't talked to the prime minister (inaudible) because of this

communication breakdown, but that's why we have to get back to the country as quick as possible that we may (inaudible) regiment to travel from Japan

today and to go to Sydney and then on to Vanuatu.

But unfortunately, this cyclone had devastated the whole nation, the whole people of Vanuatu, aside from tourists far up north up to the south,

and we haven't received any report from the southern provinces.

I believe that will be much devastation, buildings will have been destroyed, completely wiped out. I don't -- I cannot tell (inaudible) in

the south and (inaudible). But once we get all the report, assessment report, then we should be able to know exactly what are the number of

casualties in the whole country.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was the president of Vanuatu speaking to me earlier.

Now the Red Cross says there is urgent need to get help to the people of Vanuatu. If you want to make a contribution, you can head to this

website, CNN.com/Impact. And there you'll find links to some of the organizations that are working to help victims of the cyclone.

Now British police say an 18-year-old in Birmingham has been arrested for planning to join ISIS in Syria.

Now this comes on the heels of a similar case over the weekend.

Police in London say three boys, aged 17 to 19, have been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terror.

Authorities say the teens were caught in Istanbul's airport thought to be on their way to Syria. They were quickly sent back to London.

Now Turkish officials say that they were able to stop the boys, because of intelligence shared by the UK.

Meanwhile, three British schoolgirls remain missing a month after they are believed to have crossed into Syria to join ISIS.

Now you're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, an attack on a nun is reigniting anger of violence against women in India.

And after the break, we have a live report from New Delhi.

Later in the hour, we take a look at the man who wants to bring a louder voice to Israel's Arab minority.

Plus, Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally resurfaced after an unusually long absence from public view. We'll take a look at what is

behind his disappearance.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

<08:10:51>LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now a brutal attack against an elderly nun has intensified outrage over sexual violence in India.

A senior official tells CNN that a gang of robbers forced their way into a Christian school in eastern India. And one of the assailants raped

the 71-year-old nun apparently as punishment for raising an alarm and resisting the robbers.

Now this attack has sparked new protests over the weekend. And CNN's Sumnima Udas joins me now live from New Delhi.

And Sumnima, just what is the level of outrage and anger against this shameful and disgusting attack?

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Quite a bit of anger here, Kristie, especially in the city of Kolkata, which is about 80 miles

from where this robbery and alleged rape took place.

The archbishop of Kolkata actually organizing a solidarity march right now as we speak.

From what we could tell a little while ago, hundreds of people have showed up at that march, but thousands of people are expected to be there

in the next few hours again to protest against the sexual assaults that we've been seeing in the past few months, in the past few years in India,

in this country.

And just, you know, the father of the archdiocese in Delhi, actually, summed it up really well. And obviously, these rapes have been going on in

India for quite some time. Every rape is absolutely horrific and a shame for this country, a shameful act.

But the fact that this has taken place, this has happened to a 70- year-old women, a 71-year-old woman, and the fact that she is a nun, this makes it all the more shocking, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Every rape is horrific. And in recent again and again, we see crowds taking to the streets in India, protesting against rape.

Sumnima, what needs to happen to make India a safer place for women?

UDAS: Well, over the years quite a lot has changed in terms of the laws, in terms of security. Security steps up in places like New Delhi and

Mumbai and all the large cities, even Kolkata.

But what needs to change in the mind -- is the mindset and that takes quite some time obviously. This is a patriarchal culture here in India, it

has been for centuries.

So that's the main problem here. And again that is what will require quite a bit of time to change, Kristie.

LU STOUT: And back to this latest and very brutal attack, the condition of the 71-year-old nun. How is she doing?

UDAS: She is recovering in the hospital near Kolkata right now. And she's in stable condition right now, that's what police say, but the mental

trauma that will take some time to heal.

Again, it's -- she's supposed to be the eldest of the lot there. There were two other nuns as well who were tied up and the security guard

as well while this looting was taking place.

You know, you just can't imagine what she's had to go through really, Kristie. But she is recovering and she has actually asked for forgiveness

now for the attackers.

The police have in the past few hours released video, CCTV images of the attackers, at least four of five of the seven to eight attackers

clearly showing them walking into that school complex before they proceeded to loot the area and also one of them proceeded to rape the nun, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and I shutter to think of the physical trauma and the mental trauma she's going through still. Sumnima Udas reporting for us

live from New Delhi, many thanks indeed for that.

Now in China, one of the biggest so-called tigers caught in President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign has died.

Now Xu Caihou, a former general of the People's Liberation Army, had been battling cancer. Now he was 71.

Last year, an internal investigation found him guilty of accepting bribes, but due to his illness the court decided not to prosecute him. He

was stripped of his official title as well as his Communist Party membership.

Now five women's rights activists in China have reportedly been detained for planning protests during last week's International Women's

Day.

Now earlier, I talked to scholar Letta Hong Fincher about what's known about them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

<8:15:16>LETA HONG FINCHER, AUTHOR: There were actually more than 10 feminists activists who were planning activities on International Women's

Day just to raise awareness about sexual harassment on public transportation. And currently five of those feminists are still in

detention. They've been criminally detained.

LU STOUT: Now a number of activist groups around the world have condemned these arrests. Susan Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United

Nations stepping in saying that these women should not have been detained.

Will this type of international pressure make any difference at all?

FINCHER: I think there is this window of opportunity right now, because the women are in detention. They haven't been formally charged

with a crime yet. So it's very important that international institutions speak up and express their alarm about the fact that these really innocent

young women, they were doing nothing to threaten social stability in any way, that they were trying to raise awareness about gender discrimination.

It's very important to speak out right now.

LU STOUT: You know, we've spoken before here on CNN the issue of women's rights in China. Through your book "Leftover Women," we've

learned that women in China they're under pressure socially. They're under economic pressure as well. But in light of these new arrests, I mean what

is the status of gender inequality in China today?

FINCHER: Well, I mean I argue in my book that there has been a huge resurgence of gender inequality in China. And across a whole range of

criteria you can see this. The gender income gab has really grown significantly over the last couple of decades.

The female labor force participation in cities is declined significantly recently. And of course over the last eight years there's

been this new state media drive to insult and push educated women into getting married, calling them leftover women.

So, there's just a huge number of ways in which the status of women relative to men has really declined recently.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was Leta Hong Fincher speaking to me earlier.

Now from China, let's go to the United States.

Now Missouri authorities say that more people could face charges in the shooting of two police officers during protests in Ferguson last week.

Now 20-year-old Jeffrey Williams was arrested over the weekend. Police say he has admitted to firing the shots, but says he was not aiming

at the officers.

This video is from a live stream that was going on When the shooting happened. The two officers were wounded at the end of a protest outside

the police station. And the prosecutor says information from the public led to Williams' arrest and the seizure of a handgun from his home.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROBERT MCCULLOCH, ST. LOUIS COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: There was a weapon recovered, which has been tied to the shell casings that were

recovered there. Weapon recovered from him and he has acknowledged his participation in firing the shots, or his -- that in fact he did fire the

shots that struck the two officers.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now the department has been under fire since an officer shot and killed an unarmed African American teenager in August.

And a recent Justice Department report that cataloged a pattern of racial discrimination in the force.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come in the program, an Arab alliance and its charismatic leader that could have a big impact on

Tuesday's elections in Israel.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

<8:22:23>LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now you're looking at a visual version of all the stories we've got in the show today. Now we've already heard from Vanuatu's president about

that devastating cyclone that struck his nation. And a little bit later, we'll show you Vladimir Putin's first public appearance since the beginning

of March.

But now a new round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program is now underway in Switzerland.

Now the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart are haggling over the remaining issues ahead of this month's deadline for a

framework agreement.

Now the U.S. and five other countries are negotiating the lifting of sanctions in return for Tehran staying away from developing a nuclear bomb.

Now the White House has put the chances of a deal at 50/50.

And when Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday, an Arab party would emerge as an important player. Now Palestinians make up a significant

chunk of Israel's population. And they have united under the leadership of Ayman Odeh.

Elise Labott has more on him and his movement.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ELISE LABOTT, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He is a powerful new face in Israeli politics. In a sea of Jewish parties

campaigning at Hebrew University, Ayman Odeh is a star attraction, but he is not Jewish. He is an Israeli citizen of Palestinian descent, one of 1.6

million living in Israel. And come election day, the bloc he leads, dubbed the joint list, could hold the balance of power in the Knesset, a potential

game changer for one-fifth of the country who for decades has complained of being second-class citizens.

"No one can ever ignore us again," he told us. "We want to close the social and economic gaps between Arabs and Jews in this country."

Walking through the Wadinesnas (ph) neighborhood of Haifa, he is welcomed as a local.

"I walk this street every day," he says. "I belong to each shop, even person."

Growing up here, he says he identified with Malcolm X. Now the 41- year- old lawyer relates to Martin Luther King. Having convinced Israel's tiny splintered Arab parties to team up for the first time, he now wants

Arabs to get out and vote to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu, who he says fuels racism and incitement against them in their own country.

"What makes people vote is the hope of change," he says. "We are 20 percent of the population. Together we can prevent him from forming a

government."

There is some skepticism, but many here in Wadinesnas believe their native son can lead them to a better place.

"Many people didn't want to vote before," this man told us. "We asked for our rights, but we never get anything. This is a good step and united

we can be strong."

While Odeh's focus is on improving life for Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories, he says he needs Israeli Jews to help.

"Arabs alone cannot make a democracy strong," he says. "It must be Arabs and Jews together."

A message that resonates back at Hebrew University, where some Jewish students are joining the fight against what they call institutional

discrimination.

<08:25:40> UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not only a struggle of the Palestinian minority within Israel, it's a struggle of the Palestinian

minority together with the democratic Jews like myself.

LABOTT: It's not a vision shared by most in Israel, but Odeh's message is, now is their chance. By finding their voice and using their vote, they

can make that vision a reality.

Elise Labott, CNN, Jerusalem.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And still to come, Russian president Vladimir Putin has stopped the rumors but not the speculation.

And now questions about where he was after being absent from public view for 11 days.

Plus, some of the world's greatest creative minds are in the U.S. for the South by Southwest festival. We'll tell you what the event is

showcasing this year and why it's drawing such huge crowds.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong, you're watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

Now officials in Vanuatu say at least 11 people were killed when Tropical Cyclone Pam hit the islands. The president says it damaged or

destroyed 90 percent of the buildings in the capital. Aid groups are appealing for help. The full extent of the destruction is still hard to

gauge on the remote islands that make up most of the country.

The lure of joining ISIS has seen three British teenagers arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. Police believe the three, aged

17 in 19, were heading to Syria. They were detained in Turkey and sent back to London. And in the few hours, British police say an 18-year-old in

Birmingham has been arrested for planning to join ISIS.

A 20-year-old man is now charged with shooting two police officers last week in Ferguson, Missouri. Prosecutor says the man admitted he fired

his gun but claims he wasn't aiming at the police. Now the shooting happened as a rally against the police department wrapped up. The officers

were treated and released from the hospital.

Now only part of the mystery is over. A short time ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public appearance in more than a

week. Now his 11 day absence, it fueled some wild speculation about what was keeping him out of the public eye.

Now CNN senior international correspondent Matthew Chance has been following this for us from Moscow. He joins us now live.

And Matthew, so Putin has finally reappeared, but where has he been?

<08:30:24>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: You're right. He's definitely reappeared. He had a meeting with the president of

Kyrgyzstan about an hour or so ago in the city of St. Petersburg. And he looked pretty healthy. He was walking in with the Kyrgyz president. He

was smiling at the reporters. Previously he had driven the Kyrgyz president apparently on a short route towards the place where they met the

press and where they held their talks.

He refused, though, to explain his absence, saying that the world would be bought -- I'm paraphrasing here -- the world would be boring if it

weren't for gossip. And so, you know, he kind of made light of it, but also refused to explain it.

And that's still the big question, of course. We know he's alive now, we know he's fine, but we don't know where he's been for the past 11 days.

Was he ill and is now recovered? Was he at the bedside of his alleged girlfriend while she had their love child? That was something that was

alleged, which has been denied. We just don't know, Kristie.

LU STOUT: We don't know where he's been, speculation still very much rife.

I want to ask you about Putin's popularity and the propaganda machine. You know, when he's on camera, how much image control is in play to keep

his approval ratings so high?

CHANCE: I think a very high degree of image control, as you call it, is at play. And perhaps that's one of the reasons he has not been visible

for the past 10, 11 days. I mean, maybe he was ill and the Kremlin are so sensitive about the idea that this is a healthy man, almost (inaudible) to

disease, that they wanted to hide that from the Russian public. That's a possibility, of course. Again, the Kremlin deny that.

But he's often seen in highly orchestrated situations. Remember those pictures of him riding the horse shirtless, other sort of various scenes

that he's been in, to bolster this image of Putin as, you know, a very healthy, almost macho man. And so it's something the Kremlin are

extremely, extremely careful about.

LU STOUT: All right, Putin watching with Matthew Chance. Always very interesting. Matthew, thank you.

Now a live microphone for an HBO documentary could prove to be the downfall of millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst whose bizarre life is

the subject of the show.

Now the New Yorker is now in custody, charged in the killing of a long-time friend in 2000.

Now investigators could never pin it on him until now. Jeanne Cesares has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ROBERT DURST, REAL ESTATE HEIR: What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.

JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An explosive comment by real estate heir Robert Durst caught on a live mike, ending HBO's six-part

documentary series "The Jinx."

DURST: There it is. You're caught.

CASAREZ: What he means, unclear, but these are the words of a man who police say is a cold-case murder suspect. Durst whispering to himself in a

bathroom after his final interview for the special, which challenges the audience to decide whether the 71-year-old son of one of the most powerful

real estate tycoons in New York City is responsible for the disappearance of his wife in 1982, the murder of a close friend in 2000, and a neighbor

in 2001.

DURST: Well, I mean, the writing looks similar.

CASAREZ: In the final episode, the filmmakers confront Durst after uncovering a letter written by the millionaire to longtime friend and crime

novelist Susan Berman. Berman was found shot dead inside her L.A. home over 14 years ago. The handwriting and misspelling of her address eerily similar

to a letter written to police, telling them where to find the body. Durst denying he wrote it.

DURST: What I see as a similarity is really a misspelling in the "Beverly." Other than that, the block letters are block letters.

CASAREZ: Police arresting the heir Saturday at a New Orleans hotel, now held on a capital murder charge in Berman's death, citing additional

evidence that has come to light in the past year. It is unclear what role the documentary played.

The millionaire's attorney telling FOX News he was underwhelmed by the new developments revealed in the six-part series, including his ramblings

in the bathroom.

DURST: He was right. I was wrong.

CHIP LEWIS, ATTORNEY FOR ROBERT DURST: L.A. County has got a case. We'll address those facts in the courtroom, but generally speaking I was

underwhelmed.

CASAREZ: The millionaire has long maintained that he did not kill Berman or his wife, who has never been found.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

<08:35:05>LU STOUT: Now, Durst's attorney Chip Lewis made this comment about his client's mumbling to Fox News saying this, quote, "your

honesty would lead you to say you've said things under your breath before that you probably didn't mean, so, I don't want to talk about the factual

specifics," unquote.

Now, for people who like to know about the next big thing before it becomes cool listen up South by Southwest is the place to be this week.

And we have a behind the scenes look at the giant networking party right after this break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now every year music and film lovers and the brightest creative minds, they gather at South by Southwest. It's a music and film festival that's

also part tech gathering. It is the place to find new talent and the next big thing.

Now Lauren Segall is in Austin, Texas with this behind the scenes look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LAUREN SEGAL, CNN MONEY: Hey, Kristie. I'm here at South by Southwest in downtown Austin. This place is crawling with entrepreneurs

and musicians and filmmakers. If you don't know what South by Southwest is, it's crazy. Take a look.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What's the craziest thing you've seen here today?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm surprising how many people are here.

SEGALL: We're in Austin for South by Southwest. South by Southwest is a place where tech people go, where musicians go and where filmmakers go

to push out their creativity, to push out their product whether it's the app you've been working night and day on or the film that you've been

pouring your heart into or if you're a band you desperately want to play on the stages here to get in front of the right people so you can have your

moment.

This place is kind of like where a lot of people go before anyone cares about their company. And they kind of have hopes that one day their

company will break out, will go viral. They'll become, you know, the big thing or change the world or make tons of money, or maybe if you're lucky

kind of do all that stuff.

This is my friend Ben Farr, who is like an authority on all thin startups.

BEN PARR, ENTREPRENEUR: We're about to have a Meerkat Off. We're going to use this new app that like the hot thing at South by this year.

And it allows you to live stream with the click of a button on your smartphone. And we're going to have a competition to see by the end of our

interview who has more people watching us.

SEGALL: Oh, that's so weird and meta.

PARR: It's like a (inaudible).

SEGALL: OK, so Ben what's the secret to a startup's success?

PARR: Is building great communities. I mean, I wrote an entire book on this, right?

SEGALL: Oh, you should buy your book.

PARR: I'm at 25.

SEGALL: I know a lot of startups here want to capture your attention. So, you're the guru for that. What's your advice?

PARR: I have seven triggers, seven pieces of advice for it. But if I had to pick one for entrepreneurs it's the most powerful of all the

triggers, it's acknowledgment, which is that we pay attention to the people and saying that pay to us and provide us the validation.

SEGALL: That's what we call startup chic. It's like networking in like the very boring sense and more kind of partying networking.

I've been coming here for like five years and at first no one cared, then some people cared, then marketers cared, then here at CNN we care.

And now like the government really cares.

XAVIER HUGHES, CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, DEPT. OF LABOR: That's right. We've been working really hard to bring the very top talent from

across the country and integrate them as part of the president's presidential innovation fellows program. And they take on a really complex

challenges from an IT standpoint and from data standpoint and even from a business process standpoint.

<10:40:04>JOSHUA BAER, EXEC. DIRECTOR, CAPITAL FACTORY: All these companies are hiring. And so we have people coming here to Austin from all

over the world and we're giving them, hey, here's the reason why you can stay, maybe you can work in one of these great start ups over here.

SEGALL: It's kind of funny to see how people are just like swarming towards entrepreneurs and how this is kind of the pinnacle of the

entrepreneurship (inaudible).

And, Kristie, what's so interesting about South by Southwest is this is a place where early adopters come and technology really has the ability

to go viral. A good idea can go a long way. This is where Twitter really went viral and people started using it. So we'll see if there's a next

breakout here at South by Southwest, Kristie.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: All right, Laurie Segall there. Thank you.

Now, a white and gold version of the dress that took the Internet by storm last month, it was sold on eBay for about $2,000. Now Roman

Originals is the company that created the original blue and black dress, said that they made this copy to raise money for a British charity. They

said a businessman from the Czech Republic bought it for his wife.

But this version will not be sold to the public. As all of us remember, an online photo, it sparked that huge debate about the actual

colors of the dress.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere, World Sport with Amanda Davies is next.

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